AllOutOfBubbleGum@lemmy.world to Sysadmin@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago"I hooked up a second monitor and neither are working!"message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up177arrow-down1message-square"I hooked up a second monitor and neither are working!"AllOutOfBubbleGum@lemmy.world to Sysadmin@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
I go to investigate, and they had managed to plug the HDMI cable of one monitor into the other monitor.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·1 day agoTo be generous, maybe they’re familiar with DisplayPort daisy-chaining, which is a thing.
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoYou are a saint with that kind of compassionate thinking - well done!
minus-squareAllOutOfBubbleGum@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-219 hours agoInteresting. Never heard of that. It’d just be a guess, but I’m doubting this was a person familiar with that. Just a humorous oopsy.
minus-squareCriticalMiss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·21 hours agoYou just blew my mind. I didn’t know it’s even possible.
To be generous, maybe they’re familiar with DisplayPort daisy-chaining, which is a thing.
You are a saint with that kind of compassionate thinking - well done!
Interesting. Never heard of that. It’d just be a guess, but I’m doubting this was a person familiar with that. Just a humorous oopsy.
You just blew my mind. I didn’t know it’s even possible.
TIL. Nice